Feels like a good time to repost this amazing book, Traitors by Josh Ireland. I loved it. The reality is traitors always think of themselves as the true patriots. Which this book illuminates in a much better way than I am doing now! #traitors #patriotism #joshireland #history #truecrime #amreading

This was taken a few years back in Shetland in research for #thegoneandtheforgotten I am glad I bent my wrist in this photo, otherwise it would be getting a bit Leni Riefenstahl #crimefiction #crimewriter #shetland #thegoneandtheforgotten

It does look like José is having an existential crisis here or in Amsterdam. He's not he's under the patio heater at the pub - his happy place. Either that or he's been reading the news - don't do it, José, there's nothing you can do. Stay ignorant. #existential #crisis #news #whatshappenednow

The Gone and The Forgotten - someone told me the other day this was their favourite book of mine! Thanks Jade! It was based in Shetland which is a beautiful place and I really long to go back and hunker down by Jimmy's house again! #shetland #thegoneandtheforgotten #plants #twisted #crime

This popped up from when Caitlin was about 5 I think? Still way cooler than anyone else and its giving Courtney/Kurt 90s grunge vibes 😘 #90s #grunge #hole #courtneylove

Can't believe its been well over a year since #poorgirls came out! I think its quite the time for a bunch of ambitious and rebellious young women to decide who they want to be rather than be told to be obedient and pleasing - pleasing to whom!? #crimefiction #thefortyelephants #badgirls #girlgang

I think everyone should know that when they shout at me that this who they are shouting at! Although maybe I'm more like the bunny from the Monty Python film. Was it The Holy Grail!? I think we need a new generation of monty python esque comedy. #bunny #montypython #comedy #youmadebunnycry

Pretty sure it was a year ago or so I made it all the way to the BBC! I peaked I believe! Got to talk about Poor Girls and The Forty Elephants on Woman's Hour. @pollyreadsbooks #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #thefortyelephants #crimefiction #athousandblows #bbc #womanshour #peaked

As found in Southampton ! Come on! I must have at least THIS many friends who I can guilt into buying a hardback of #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #thefortyelephants #athousandblows #southampton #waterstones

This flagged up from a year or so ago and it reminded me of how much Caitlin hated my short fringe. I've had some other feedback, apparently its the fringe of a crazy woman! I love that! Do you mean crazy, or one not socially conditioned to meet others needs at the expense of her own #hair #fringe

Here's a picture of a lovely donkey for your timeline. If it weren't for the money would we not all be skipping around the forest dancing with squirrels and forest dwelling creatures making wind chimes out of bark? Just me? #nature #donkey

Not sure about anyone else, but I'm not much liking this new 2026 boxset called reality. However, its very book 4! Which I'm really hoping to be able to share more about soon. Have you ever suffered the feeling of cruel bullying treated as if entirely normal #denial #narcissim #scapegoat #gothic

Been lurking in graveyards again! Maybe I'll meet some dark romantic soul here who also loves to lurk about graves! Sounds like hassle tbh and knowing my luck I'd end up meeting Ed Gein, its ok! I can change him! #netley #victoriacountrypark #dogwalks #labrador #dog

This is badnam creek. I love this place its possibly my favourite place on earth. It gives me eerie vibes and the water is green and I've always been a sucker for green water (?) I once based a short story on a murder here... I think I called it Green Soup 😊 #walks #creek #bursledon #badnamcreek

This has to be the most exotic adventure Prue has been on! on the way to Mumbai, India... thank you! #thegoneandtheforgotten #india #mumbai for a book set in Shetland that's not bad! #shetland #crimefiction

Love this photo! Taken at Victoria Country Park and #Netley Military Hospitals Cemetery, full of #commonwealth graves and lots of beguiling stories from the past. I did include this place in Poor Girls, briefly, as the hospital in which Nell's dad was sent after he was injured in WW1. #poorgirlsbook

Happy new year 🥳 to all! May your year start like josé’s, with light, snuggles and snoozies 🖤

Happy new year 🥳 to all! May your year start like josé’s, with light, snuggles and snoozies 🖤

So many years ago! I think about 17!!! Cripes! And check out the upside down tree! (it was space saving and actually historically accurate I think you'll find. #christmas #memories #xmas

Hung out with a bunch of women in a rather epic yurt for Winter Solstice. I had a great time! May join coven, any one know of a local one? What harm can it do!? #yoga #wintersoltice #yurt #christmas

What would I do without this queen! We had a nice amble around Winchester like ladies, but don't believe it, she's an animal! Jokes. Thanks for listening to me wang on and putting up with my ugly snot crying. Merry Christmas to all! Especially beloved friends #mates #christmas #holidays #friends

He came running over like a puppy! I love him! I'm in love. I shall call him, Ned. He's just so friendly #sundayvibes #mylovelyhorse #horse #swanwickshore

Haha this flashed up from when I went to Waves of Nostalgia in Haworth! I love it! Makes me look like a wanted fugitive and a member of the Forties! I only wish I had their lady balls! #thefortyelephants #poorgirlsbook Really enjoyed the event and met lots of lovely people. #crimewave #haworth

Currently being modelled by the beautiful @mrs.lovely24 in the archipelago in Sweden. #sweden #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #crime #criminalwomen #thefortyelephants #girlgang #womenincrime

I had no idea that The Old Swan Hotel, the venue for Harrogate Crime Festival, was where Agatha Christie holed up in hiding when she went missing in 1926, sparking a huge missing persons case. #agathachristie #theoldswan #mystery #harrogate #northyorkshire #manhunt

Another one of me from Harrogate! Just before the author dinner, taken by the lovely Carmel Harrington, @happymrsh #theakstonscrime #authordinner #harrogatecrime #theoldswan #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #thefortyelephants

As spotted in Helsinki, Finland in a library - I'm thrilled! #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #criminallygood #books #bookrecommendations #crimefiction #finland #helsinki @markdcgriffin sent the pic on his glamourous travels! Thank you 🖤

Thank you to @nairobi70sgirl for the intriguing photo - Very Nell scoping out a target! #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #twenties #crime #girlgang #criminallygood #criminalwomen #books #bookreview

This was just before they opened the doors for the author hosted dinner! I had a wonderful time and was very lucky to have great guests on my table! I added zero value in the murder mystery though #harrogate #theoldswan #murdermystery #TheakstonsCrime #TheakstonsCrime2025

Good to see Susannah still lurking around, #peopleofabandonedcharacter #gothic #victorian #waterstones #whiteley #bookrecommendations

We've been lurking in graveyards again! But this one is especially pretty and has graves from the 1600s! Going away soon on my solo trip to Greece and I'm excited but haven't told this boy yet I'm going away with out him... #graveyards #cemetarybotherer #gravebotherer #dogs #labrador #blacklab

Really trying not to read too much while trying to write my own! Sometimes its a bit impossible to work, write and read and then sleep / eat as well. Anyway, this book made it easy as it was amazing and a full 5 stars from me! #greatandhorriblenews #blessinadams #bookrecommendation #history

José looking as if he's having an existential crisis in a red light booth. Actually he's manipulating the other patrons at the pub with his needy eyes while sitting under a patio heater in Swanwick shore. #labrador #blacklab #dog #blacklabrador #needy #mastermanipulator

Thrilled to be at the author dinner at #theakstonscrime this year in Harrogate. Its my first time at Harrogate and I'll be hosting a table alongside all these esteemed authors. Totally nicked this image from Sean Watkin btw! #theakstonscrime #theoldpecurliarcrimewritingfestival #harrogate

I'm busy today! I wanted to share this great article now up on Lovereading highlighting the link between A Thousand Blows and POOR GIRLS (my girls!)... #lovereading #athousandblows #thefortyelephants #forties #alicediamond #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #ariesfiction #headofzeusbooks #books

Had a fabulous time at the launch party for #theakstoncrime aka The Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate 2025. I'll be hosting a table on Friday 18th at the murder mystery event. Great to meet with the team at Head of Zeus and a bunch of authors way cooler than me! #bookevent

Don't get angry. Get rich. #PoorGirls by @clarewhitauthor.bsky.social has a brand new paperback look 💎 Embark on an adventure with the Forty Elephants this June 👉 geni.us/poorgirlspb

Exciting news! I'll be moderating a panel on Making History Human at #CapitalCrime25, joined by the incredible D.V. Bishop, Mel Pennant, and S.J. Parris. 📅 Friday, 13th June 📍 Capital Crime Festival 🎟️ Tickets available now! @mel_pennant, @cesarealdo, and @sjmerrittbooks @capitalcrime1

And now Prue from my second novel, The Gone and The Forgotten, has made it to Germany! Beautiful! Thank you! @bea.content for sending the photos! Kind of reminds me of some spots in Shetland where this book was set. #shetland #germany #lerwick #scottishislands #crime #thegoneandtheforgotten

Went into the shed and found this little lady has taken up residence. Pretty sure she's moved in and has a nest. She's not hurt but was a bit annoyed and wanted to have a conversation with me regarding healthy boundaries as I didn't knock and barged in on her. Think I'll call her Mary. #blackbird

I like to call this "waiting for inspiration" Its from years ago in my old house - loved that house! Got it decorated all nice - and moved. This was José as a stringy little pup waiting for someone to come home. You may as well be happy today. #blacklab #labrador #blacklabrador #dog #happiness #joy

Old photo of my friends and me at The Grand in Clapham, as featured in Poor Girls book. I've loved hearing the feedback from readers about how much they enjoyed the women's camaraderie. #friends #women #sisterhood #rebels #defiant #poorgirls #poorgirlsbook #thefortyelephants

This looks like a scene from a dystopian horror but its actually Birmingham! Also starting to feel like a few characters in book 4. If I ever finish it. It gets longer and longer I'm going to have so much editing to do. #monday #notreadyforthis #birmingham #bullring #amwriting

Thanks to the MA programme and in particular, Madeleine Vaughan, who invited me in to speak about writing crime fiction at the University of Winchester! I obvs told them that crime writers are the best bunch of all! #crimefiction #writing #university #winchester #crimefiction #writersofig

#abeautifulwaytodie by Eleni Kyriacou A gripping, glittering exposé of Hollywood’s rotten underbelly. Set in the heyday of the 1950s studio system, it reveals the callous and flippant exploitation of young actresses behind all the glitz and glamour. #EleniKyriacou #OldHollywood #MustRead

What a handsome chap. Anyone else ever been out, found themselves running late and reached for their phone with the intention of texting their dog!? Yep. I think my brain has given up... #friday #blacklab #bestfriend #labrador

Last year we went to bongo bingo at The Grand in Clapham and this place was a big old music hall back in the day. Here we are, keeping it classy with our canned drinks! I actually used this as inspiration for Nell's first night out with the girls when she moves up to London. #poorgirls #thegrand

I went to an event and signed some copies of Poor Girls and now they're half price! I wonder if I can harness this devaluing power to houses, yachts and diamonds! Can you imagine if that was a superpower? Amazing! #poorgirls #signedcopy #signedbytheauthor #southampton #westquay #books #waterstones

That's me on the far left, asleep, learning very early that my ability to metabolise alcohol is somewhat compromised - but it didn't stop me trying! Still friends with these guys some thirty! Yes a whopping thirty years later which makes me feel a bit sick anyways! #happymonday #friends #old #mates

There they are, still knocking about waiting to see what they can get away with! #poorgirls loved writing this book. I've been hiding under a rock because if one more person informs me of the new TV series about The Forty Elephants as if I've been living under a rock I may walk into the creek